Bevel-gage



(No Model.)

M. 0. GODDING.

BEVEL GAGE.

No. 395,433. Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MIIION O. G-ODDING, OF MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA.

BEVEL-GAG E.

Application filed July 6, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that ]',";\I1LoN demand, of Monrovia, in the county of LosAngeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful.Improvement in Bevel-Gages, 01' which the following .is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain improvements in bevel-gages forbench-planes, mill-saw tables, and planing-maehine tables, having forits object to vary the angle of the cut or bevel, the same being(fletermineijl in inches or degrees, thus obtaining any desired angle ofcut or bevel, as occasion may require and as is practiced especially incarpentry and joinery.

To these ends the nature of the invention consists of a hinged plate orguide the supporting-plate oi. which is adapted for application orattachment to the utensil with which it is to be used, while said guideor plate is provided with curved or segmental guide-rods and a graduatedsegment, which guide -rods pass through and are adjustably held in postsor standards applied to the clamp-plates or directly to thesupporting-plate, and with which graduated segment registers a pointeror index also applied to said sup portin g-plate,

substantially as hereinafter more fully set.

forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig-u re 1 is a side elevation of myinvention, and Fig. is a sectional elevation on the line a: a; ofFig. 1. Fig. is a horizontal section on the line 11/ y of Fig. l,certain portions being broken away.

In carrying out my invention I make use of two plates, A A, one beingprelt'erably wider than the other. The narrower plate, A, is riveted orfastened to cross- )late-like bars a a, which are hinged at their innerends to the wider plate, 1 The outer ends of the platelike bars a a arecarried inward, or formed with inwardly-project-i n g lateral ii an gesa a, through which pass tlunnb-screws I) I). These screws carry orconnect with and et't'ect the adjustment of clamp-plates c c, which areadapted to be moved along the plate-like bars a a, and are guided intheir movement by means of screw-like studs or pins (Z (I, screwed intothe clan1p-plates and passing through slots 6 e in the plate-like bars aa.

The inner SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,433,dated January 1, 1889.

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plate A with inwardly-projecting flanges ff, which unite with theelamp-plates c in formin the clamps proper.

In order to permit of the compact arrangement or disposition of theparts, the flanges ff are on t away or recessed intermediately of theirends to receive the hinged eye portions on the plate A.

Applied to the plate A at its outer or rear side are a graduatedsegmental plate, B, and two segmental rods, C O, the rods being se curedone near each outer corner edge of said plate, while the graduatedsegmental plate or are is arranged intermediately of said rodsit may benear one of said rods. The plate 13 is marked off into a scale ofdegrees, as also of inches.

Posts or sup mrts I) D are planted in the plate-like bars a a near theirinner ends, and are provided with apertures a near their outer ends,through which pass the rods C C, and with thtnnlrscrews b b, which areinserted into the said ends thereof and engage with said rods. Thisarrangement effects the holding of the plate A at the required angle oladjustment. The plate A is also provided with a knob, c, for itsconvenient manipulation or adjustmcmt.

E is a pointer or index, which is fixed to the plate A at its rear sideand slightly bifurcated a suitable distance inward from its outer end toreceive the graihiated segmental plate B at its inner edge, the taperinor pointed portion or end of the pointer or index registering with thescale or graduations upon the plate I In. operation it will be seen,with the gage applied to a bench-plane, for instance, that by properlymoving the plate A, by grasping its knob, to the required angle, thethumbscrews 7) I) having previously been loosened, the plane, with. itsbit, is disposed with relation to the work so as to get the requiredbevel.

in planing or cutting the material; also, the angle oi adjustment of theplate A is obtainable in degrees, as is necessary in making a cut,especially in preparing material to co11- form to the pitch of roofs,&c.

In applying the instrument for use in connection with a mill-saw tableor a planingmachine table the plate carrying the clamps is removed, andin its place is designed to be substituted a plate having holes forbolts which effect the screwing of the instrument in place.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this invention is adapted to aidin producing any required bevel or a cut of any angle of inclination inan expeditious manner, as is required especially in carpentry andjoinery work.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The bevel-gage comprising the hingedtogether plates, one beingprovided with a pointer or index and adapted for application to aplaning-tool, while the other is provided with a graduated segmentalplate and segmental rods passed through apertured posts applied to theaforesaid plate and provided with thumb-screws engaging said rods,substantially as set forth.

flanges and a pointer or index, while the other plate is provided withsegmental rods and a graduated segmental plate, said rods beingadjustably held in posts which are secured to the said plate-like bars,substantially as specified.

MILON O. GODDING. Vitnesses:

E. W. LITTLE, P. G. CARTTER.

